Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1910)
VOL. L. XO. 13,423. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TAFT APPEARS AS CHAMPION OF KNOX DESPERADO DIES IN DASH FOR COVER 49 DEMOCRATS TO TELL GRAND JURY CUPID SENDS DART BYWIRELESS ROUTE HILL WILL GROSS CENTRAL OREGON CHICAGO BUNCOED ON IRON CASTINGS RAILROAD BILL DANGER OF WREGK LOVER IX HOXOLTTLTJ ASKS QCESTIOX' OP GIRL IX CHIN A. WITH A.MJICX1TIOX GONE, ROB BER TAKES LOXG CHAXCE. DOUBLE PRICE SAID TO HAVE BEEX PAID. "Dollar Diplomaqy" Is Roundly Scored. SECRETARY'S CAREER PRAISED Ability as Law Officer Spoken of in Highest Terms, FOREIGN POLICY UPHELD President, After Busy Day That Also Includes Ball Game, Eulogizes Secretary of State at Grant Day Dinner in Pittsbit-g. PITTSBURG. May 2. President Taft ended his two-day stay In Pittsburg with a speech at the Grant day din ner of the Amerlcus Club tonight. In this he dealt almost wholly with the foreign affairs of the Nation. The President paid a striking tribute to the Secretary of State, Mr. Knox, who was present. He vigorously defended and justified the Secretary's Nicaraugan policy, and censured those who in vented the phrase "dollar diplomacy." Mr. Taft had an exceedingly busy day and was pretty well tired out when he retired to his private car to night preparatory to leaving at 2:30 A. M. for Cincinnati, where he is due at 10:25 A. M. tomorrow. Count von Bern storfT, who was in the Presidential party all day, left with the President tonight for Cincinnati. President Sees Ball Game. After luncheon at the University Club came the ball game between Pitts burg and Chicaiio. The fact that the President was to attend brought out an extremely large crowd. Mr. Taft had expressed a desire to "sit among the fans," hut the local committee took: him to a .box on the second tier of the big grandstmii. -Count von Bernstorff sat with the President and Secretary Knox sat in the next box. The President was preceded at the banquet by Senator W. E. Borah, of Idaho, who made an eloquent address on the life of Grant. Senator George T. Oliver, of Pennsylvania, was toast- master. The President said: Tribute Paid to Knox. "I am greatly indebted to the State, of Pennsylvania, to the City of Pitts burg and to the Amerlcus Club for giv ing me that man who sits at the head of my cabinet table, and who in the exercise of the ability and learning which brought him to the head of your bar and distinguished his services as Attorney-General of the "United States and. as a Senator from Pennsylvania, has given wise counsel of the utmost value in guiding the course of the Ad ministration. Ability as Lawyer Praised. "As the law officer of the Government mho conducted to a successful issue the greatest cases in which the meaning and limitations of the anti-trust act were con sidered, and who, by his successful advo cacy, called a halt upon, the movement which threatened a merger of all rail roads in the hands of one syndicate, he took his place among the statesmen of the country; and while respecting the rifrhts of capital and the great advantage of Its efficient organization, he was alive to the fact that danger to the public from wealtft lies in the suppression of healthful competition and in the abuse of the privilege of organization to secure private monopoly and excessive profit. Foreign Policy Vphcld. "As the head of the great State Depart ment, having in its charge our foreign re lations, Mr. Knox has shown the same capacity for guarding the interests of his client, the United States and her peo ple, in dealing with foreign nations, as he did in protecting their rights against the unlawful encroachments of domestic combinations of capital." The President referred to the success ful culmination of the recent negotia tions under the maximum and minimum provisions of the new tariff law"; and con tinued: "The work done by Jlr. Knox and the State Department has been done well." Further complimenting Mr. Knox, the t President eiid: Xlcaraguan Policy Commended. I venture to affirm that never before in the history of the country have our relations in the South American and Central American Republics been 'more friendly than they are today. "The great disturber of Central Amer ica in recent years has been Zelaya, the tyrannical and unprincipled President of the Republic of Nicaragua. In every plan for the promotion of peace and friendly relations between the five Re publics he played the part of marplot. "When his brutal and cruel exactions drove a part of the people of Nicaragua into rebellion and an extended civil war, lie violated the laws of war and the rights of American citixens who nad reg ularly enlisted In the ranks of the rev olutionists by taking their lives. He thus gave a right to the Government of the United States to demand reparation And to withdraw all diplomatic relations. "It is undoubtedly true the attitude tConcluded on Pas 2.) Granger Scene of Posse's Hot Pur suit; Lone Man Eights to Last; , Falls Mortally Wounded. NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., May 2. With revolver emptied and being pursued by a. Sheriff's posse bent on his capture, George Carl, 23 years old, was killed in an attempt to escape on the reservation near Granger today. Carl is said to have looted the home of J. W. Frazer near Granger some time last night and Frazer was coming to town to- notify the authorities when he encountered Carl, who was armed, and shouted: "Hold up your hands or I'll shoot you full of lead." Frazer was forced to remain on the reservation., but an Indian, Poker Charlie, slipped by and took the news to Granger. JLanehal Bard low and Deputy Sheriff Dek raay raised a posse and started out after the robber. Frazer joined them, and Carl, seeing himself about to be cap tured, made a dash for cover after send ing five bullets after his pursuers, none of which took effect. The Sheriff's men opened fire simul taneously and Carl fell moitally wounded. He died shortly afterward. Little is known of him, except that he came to Granger four years ago from Pennsyl vania. He made few friends and earned his living last Winter by hunting and trapping. ( CANNON ON SECRET VISIT 'Walks Right In, Turns Around, Walks Right Out" or Gotham, NEW YORK, May 2. Speaker Jo seph G. Cannon slipped quietly into New York yesterday from Boston, and after a stay of only three hours slipped quietly rignt out again with out perfecting an epigram or assault ing an insurgent. His presence, in fact, was absolutely unknown save to the room clerk at one of the hotels. This particular clerk used to carry Uncle Joe's luggage out in Illinois 18 years ago, and except for him prob ably the city would not know today that Uncle Joe had been here. The clerk thought he saw something in the lines of the tall angular figure that stood back toward him, but when the figure turned and he saw the stump of a cigar between the lips he was posi tive. "NoDody else at that time of life would be smoking a cigar before breakfast," he explained. NEGRO GETS FIRST CHANCE Locates Choicest Bit of Land on Cheyenne Reservation. ABERDEEN, S. D., May 2. Calvin ORowdrey, a negro from Bismarck, N. D., stepped up to the map in the Land Office here this morning and put his finger on a spot which he wished to locate. In his estimation it was the choicest piece of land In the Standing Rock and Chey enne River reservations. When W. J. Engle, of Butte, Neb., dis qualified himself by filing on another homestead before he drew out, Bowdrey, with No. 2. became first and he declared that his prayer for a farm had been answered. Lars Fredrickeon, of Glenham, S. D., has second choice, and A. M. Kennedy, or .Minneapolis, third. The opening is progressing under Fed eral supervision. PRINCE SEES WEST POINT Tsai Tao, of China, Gets Escort of U. S. Cavalry at Academy. WEST POINT. N. Y., May 2. Prince Tsai Tao, of China, who is making a tour or the country, reached here from New York today by special train. With the Prince were Colonel Schuyler, of the Presidio of California, and a dozen Chi nese of note from New York City. The Prince was met at the station by Colonel Hugh L SeOtt, his adjutant. Captain Charles.- and an escort of cavalry. The visitors were taken in carriages to the cavalry and artillery drill grounds, where they saw a drill with the mule pack train. They then visited the cavalry stables and gun sheds. A troop of cavalry escorted the Prince to his train when he left for New York. YOUNG T. R1QUITS JOB Fellow Cajpetworkers Making Fine Rug for His Bride. HARTFORD. Conn.. May 2. The bag gage and belongings of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. at Thompsonvllle, Conn., hare been packed up and forwarded to New York City, and with the conclu sion of his work last weelc the young man has seen the last of the carpet factory for some time to come. He will spend the next month in New York City, preparing for his marriage to Miss Alexander on June 18, a few days after his father's arrival. Unknown to young Roosevelt, the car pet works have been preparing for his wedding by making a rug of lancy weave and hug proportions, which is to be a surprise to him on his wedding day. 3 GOVERNORS URGE SALE "VValla Walla Reservation: Bill May Get Favorable Report. WASHINGTON. 1 May 2. Telegrams from the Governors of Oregon. Washing ton and Idaho were today received by the chairman of the House military committee, urging a favorable report on the Jones bill authorizing the sals of the Walla Walla military reservation to Whitman College. Governor Hay, of Washington, stated that 90 per cent of the people of the en tire Northwest favor this bill. The com mittee will meet to Ha txiX to morrow. Lorimer Spends Busy Day in Chicago. WHITE'S LETTER KEPT SECRET Senator Keeps Within Bank? Refuses to Talk. WHITE TO TESTIFY TODAY Dispute Arises as to Methods of Pro cedure and Legislator With Something to Tell Is Kept Waiting In Ante-Room. CHICAGO. May 2. (Special.) Forty nine out of the 53 Democratic Legislators in Illinois will be summoned before the special grand Jury here to tell what they know about the alleged purchase of his seat in the United States Senate by Wil liam Lorimer. dubpenas are now being sent out for these men. The four not summoned are Lee O'Neill Browne, minority leader; Rep resentative White, the confessor; Repre sentative Wilson, -whom White says gave him the $900, and Representative Luke, who is dead. Representative White was on hand to- day to relate his story In detail to the grand Jury, but a dispute arose as to the method of procedure and he -was per mitted to cool his heels In the ante-room while the difference was being adjusted. It is probable he will go before the Jury the first thing tomorrow. Meanwhile Senator fiorlmer's secretary arrived from Washington bearing a letter from White to the Senator, which the latter says will prove that White Is men tally unbalanced. Lorimer refused to give out this letter tonight. Lee ONelll Browne, several of whose alleged per sonal letters to White were published to day, was not to be found, and it ws an nounced he fciui g.'..t ou-i r,t. . Politicians generally doubt that convic-i, tionB can be obtained upon the unsup ported confession of White. Indications are tonight, however, that all of the down-state Legislators may corroborate White's story. One feature of the day's developments is the prospect of libel suits by Senator Lorimer, who charges that the entire business is a conspiracy to injure his two banks which opened for business to day. Lorimer's friends said that if libel suits were brought, they would be delayed until the grand Jury announces its decision. Senator Lorimer was un usually busy in his banks today and de clined to talk of the White case. In an interview at Champaign tonight, Joseph Carter. Republican Representa tive from the 24th district, in comment ing on conditions at Springfield during the 46th General Assembly, made his statement that he had been proffered $10,- 000 to kill a bill, but did not recognize it as an offer of a bribe. He said: 'I have no doubt that Representative White's story is true. . or in the main true. Of course, some of it may be false or a misconception, but that Lorimer was put over by the expenditure of money I have personally never had a doubt. Why, the matter did not seem to be much of a secret, for It was openly talked about talked about in terms which did not say that such a person got such a sum of money, but that money was coming and going out of certain bills that we're pending." She Flashes Back "Yes" and Wed . ding in Italy Is Outcome or Romantic Courtship. FLORENCE, Italy, May 2. (Special.) Engaged by wireleea telegraph. Miss Louise Gaylord, of Chicago, and Walter F. Dillingham, of Honolulu, were married hers today. It was a brilliant event, and a number of prominent members of Chi cago society were present, although there was no attendant reception or other ceremonies because, of a recent death in the family of the bride. The marriage was the result of a court ship replete with romance. Miss Gaylord had started from San " Francisco early In September of last year for a trip around the world with her mother and Mrs. Linn and her daughter, and met Mr. Dillingham at Honolulu. It was a case of love at first sight, but while Mr. Dillingham was -most assiduous "In his attentions to the Chicago girl, he failed to ask the momentous question while she was in Honolulu. After Miss Gaylord and her mother had sailed for China, Mr. Dillingham suddenly decided he could not wait until he saw her again and Invoked the aid of the most startling modern invention "wire less telegraphy. A message flashed across the waters, and the answer. Just one word, was flashed back. The word was yes." BANK'S RUN KILLS PATRON Slan Makes Deposit, Then Learns ot Situation, LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 2. During a small "run" on the All Night and Day Bank here today, Israel Schull- man, a depositor, dropped dead of heart disease Just after he had made a de posit and paid a note. Schullman, who was 60 years old. collapsed when he heard of the run, which was caused by the refusal of the Los Angeles Clearing House Asso elation to admit the bank to member ship. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, '61 degrees; minimum, 60 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; westerly winds. National, Frank B. Kolligx to see Roosevelt abroad anrf mm. i'r.t"Cilve bosi of. a Aft. Railroad bill in dangref, insurgent Senator having enough votes to It ill important provisions. Fage 1. Domestic. ToxicolOKist tells of search for poisons in bodies of Oolonel and Christian Swope. Page 8. Forty-nine Democrts are called to testify Jn Lorimer brtbery investigation. Page 1. AI err J am Commission reports Chicago badly buncoed in waterworks castings. Fa go 3. Gompers urg-s organization of farmers and laborers. Page -. Sports. Jeffries says he is full of ginger. Page S. Oakland's District Attorney reads up law on prize-fighting. Page 8. - Commercial find Marine. Tendency of local produce markets. Page 19. Wheat at Chicago holds steady. Page 19. Pressure on stock market Is lightened. Page 19. Washington Marin Company secures salvage judgment for $2766. Page 18. Pacific Northwest. Opening-day salmon catch larger and better at Astoria than in years. Page 7 Wezier, on standi cannot remember actual killing of Mrs. Schulz. .Page 7. Desperado makes last stand against posse; falls mortally wounded. Page L First day of William Gobi's trial passes -without selection of a single Juror. Page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Health Board will investigate sanitary con ditions at ball park. Page IS. Portland labor 'sea calm on first day of May. Page 13. Citizens light Jury duty; giand Jury for May goes -to work. Page 20. Trial of W C. Morris, ex-cashier of Oregon TruFt & Savings Bank, begins today. Page 18. Water Board to curtail laying main except where new pavement demands. Page 12. Mavor announces city contracts must be finished more nearly on time. Page 9. Fakers Impose on volunteer enumerators. Page 9. "HOLD ON!" Head of Great Northern to Explore State. GOMES TO DECIDE ON PLANS Through Trains to Portland Will Run Over G. N. Road. STATE WILL BE EXPLOITED Louis V. Hill Will Spend "Weeks in Central and Eastern Oregon and Will Lure Settlers to Great Undeveloped Section. what 9. j. mix, ivu.r, DO. Threa Great Northern trains will be Iut In service between Portland and Britten Columbia, May 19. A through, service between Fort land and the Eaat, equal to the Ori ental Limited, will be inaugurated Mir 16. James J. Hill and party plan to visit Central Oregon. Collection ot material for a state wide exploitation will be commenced -immediately by the Great Northern. A statement concerning James J. HHPs plans in Oregon : will be an nounced before his departure from the city. , Announcement that this month would see the inauguration of a Great Northern train service between Portland and Bri tish Columbia and between. Portland and the Kaat was made by Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, shortly after his arrival in the city last night in company with James J. Hill, chair man of the board, Howard Elliott, presi dent of the .Northern Pacific, and sev eral financiers, directors and officials of the two "-allroads. .':. j.. i!J. ticeti ry.J.fa -jaui&iy fcfcu the work of the day retired immediately after reaching the Motel Portland at 9:30 P. M. Today Mr. Hill, will inspect ter minal and other railroad properties in Portland and discuss railroad develop ment matters with his representatives in this city. It ts promised that before he leaves Portland next Thursday evening, he will make a statement concerning his plans for Oregon as definite and as com prehensive as circumstances will permit. Party Will Traverse Oregon. It is the desire of the entire party to visit Central Oregon and arrangements were started last night for the secur ing of automobiles to meet the railroad men at Shaniko and take them as far south as Bend. If present plans are fol lowed, the party will not attempt to go into the Deschutes canyon, for In spection of railway construction or viewing of rugged scenery is not the objectof the Journey. Mr. Hill and his associates wish to see for themselves the kind of country from which the Oregon Trunk Line will derive Its ton nage. Louis W. Hill, however, expects to remain in Oregon several weeka and to tour all of Central Oregon. For much of the time he will be the guest of Wil liam Hanley. of Burns. While in Ore gon, Mr. Hill will, in a general way, direct the work of securing material for a statewide exploitation of Oregon. E. C Leedy, general immigration agent of the railroad, and a corps of men who (Concluded on Page 3.) Merriam Commission Reports That of $138,000- Spent Nearly One Half Was Thrown Away. CHICAGO, May 2. The Merriam Commission. In a report presented to the City Council tonight, charges that thia city paid practically a double price for water works castings pur chased in 1908 and 1909, in addition to being cheated In weights and making purchases in violation of ordinances and statutes. Of a total expenditure of $138,000 for these casting in two years, the Com mission estimates a waste of $64,800 nearly one-half of the money spent be ing thrown away. This estimate is based upon the cost of hydrant and stop-valve castings, and in valve basin and fire cistern covers. The loss on these castings has been figured and placed at $42,628. The figures are higher than those of the Citizens' Association and other agencies which have Investi gated the purchases. The report was. ordered filed. Re sponslbility for the waste of city money is placed upon the following in the or der named: John J. Hanberg, Commis sioner of Public Works; Paul Radlske, Deputy Commissioner at tne time; Wil' Ham A. Coleman, city business agent F. A. Miller, superintendent of the water works shops, and John Erlcson. city engineer at that time. AUTO BACKS,TURNS OVER Eight Aberdeen Pleasure-Seekers Have Thrilling Adventure. ABERDEEN, Wash.. May 2. (Spe cial.) Crashing backward down i Bteep hill when the engine stalled and the brakes refused to work, an automo bile with eight passengers dropped over the edge of the road and turned turtle in a ditch yesterday aftennoon, severely Injuring one occupant, and badly bruis ing the others, all narrowly escaping death. The party consisted of Willard Brad ley, his daughter, Mrs. Edward Lowe Jr.. and her infant son, and Russell Linn, Shirley Gillis and Mrs. Gertrude Spence, of Seattle, and the chauffeur. All are well known here, Mrs. Love be ing prominent socially. Mr. Bradley nas several ribs broken, while Mrs. Love was caught under tbe machine with'. lt .h?r read nvitsitte. Had the portion of the machine above her neck been forced to the ground. she would have been killed. An ex cited crowd gathered, and an ambu lance was rushed to the assistance of the injured. All will recover. The chauffeur is exonerated. DEATHS AROUSE PUBLIC Canadian Settlers Threaten to Blow- Up Kenora Dam. WINNIPEG. May 2. Armed Canadian authorities are guarding the big dam at Kenora which the settlers in the Lake of the Woods district and along Rainy River have threatened to blow out with dynamite because it has kept the water back, flooded farms and resulted in the drowning of five settlers. A perilous stage of water is reported from Warroad. at the head of the Lake of the Woods. Two hundred settlers on the Jake shore and along Rainy River, the lake's Inlet, have deserted their clearings. Among the drowned are two settlers at the month of Rainy River and . three pilots of a wood boat who sought safety in a tree. The settlers are aroused by these fatalities and continued damage. MAINE EDITOR WHIPPED Son of Senator Hale Resents Pub lished Attack on Mother PORTLAND, Me., May 2. A horse whipping was administered by Colonel Frederick Hale, son of Senator Eu gene Hale and a leading candidate for Congress from the First Maine District, to Charles Thornton Llbby, publisher of several suburban weekly papers, at the latter's office today. The cause of the assault was an article published in the Six Town Times, in which Colonel Hale s mother was attacked.. After Colonel Hale left the office. Editor Llbby said: "I like him better than I did before. It was a manly thing to do. A man who wouldn't stand up for his mother don't amount to much." BREAD FAMINE THREATENS Strike of Vancouver Bakers Causes Housewives Much Worry. Vancouver, b. c. May 2. (Spe ciaL) Vancouver housewives and res taurant-keepers today are running short of bread 'and by tomorrow may have to get busy and turn out their own loaves, as the result of the strike of the city bakers last night. Over 40 bakeries' and 90 men are af fected by the strike, which is for higher wages and shorter working hours, together with sanitary improve ments in bakeshops. The men have appealed to the Ministerial Association for aid. The local Trades and Labor Council Is giving its support. JAP SPY IS IMPRISONED Hongkong Authorities Propose Se crets Shall Be Kept. HONGKONG. May -2. A Japanese spy who was caught sketching Ly-B-Mun Fort, at the entrance of this harbor, was sentenced today- -to imprisonment. Insurgents MayCut Out Chief Provisions. CUMMINS PREDICTS TRIUMPH Regulars Plan to Beat Him by Strategic Move.: TAFT WARNED OF TROUBLE If Bill Fails. He Will Place Blame on Insurgents elimination or Pooling Provision Will Be Due to Fear of Political Effect. , ' WASHINGTON. May 2. President Taft's railroad legislation will be de prived of its strongest provision. . At the close of a protracted conference of leading "regular" Republican Senators tonight 'it was apparent the revolt of the Senate "insurgents", had been vir tually successful and the sections of the bill relative to traffic agreements and mergers, which Cummins and other. Insurgents have been fighting to amend, will be abandoned. Practically nothing distinctive of the original bill will remain, save the sec tions providing for the creation of a court of commerce. Even that has had a perilous time in the House and no body tonight is prepared to guarantee it will be enacted. In fact, the differences between the Senate and House are so great that it would surprise nobody if the entire bill should fall in conference. - Entire Provision to Be Cut Out. So serious became the situation of the bill late today that President Taft himself, at Pittsburg, was advised of the situation over the telephone by Aldrich. Despairing of putting the bill through the Sei.ate as reported from tile committee ori interstate commerce," the leaders in this conference tonight decided to eliminate section 7, which, the insurgents contend. practically would have repealed the Sherman anti trust law by permitting traffic agree-, ments, and section 12, which would have legalized mergers in cases where one railroad corporation owning al ready 50 per cent of another desired to control it outright. ' Upon the insurgents the Administra tion will endeavor to place the respon sibility for the failure of the Taft rail road legislation. To Senator Aldrich over the telephone Mr. Taft is said to have expressed himself emphatically to this effect. Blame Placed on Insurgents. He said he had initiated the pending measure and had advocated it through out the country in the form in wheih it was reported to the Senate and. if a combination of insurgent Republicans and Democrats rendered it impossible for the Republican majority to enact the bill, he felt the Administration should be relieved of responsibility for its defeat. He rested the entire matter in the hands of Senator Aldrich and his Republican associates, who were then in conference. In the conference were Senators Aid rich. Elkins, Carter. Kean, Crane, Root, Curtis, Flint. Brandegee, Lodge and. from time to time, other Republican leaders. Although admittedly stopped from passing the bill in the form in which they wished, the Administration Sena tors at once began the formulation of plans to take away from the insurgent Republicans the chance to claim a clean-cut 'victory. They even wore an air of Jubilation tonight over the pros pect of putting the "insurgents"' to route on the pending Cummins amend ment to the traffic agreement section, which will be the first matter voted upon when the bill is again taken up. perhaps tomorrow. When the original Cummins amendment to this section, introduced as a substitute for the Elkins-Crawford provision, was voted upon Saturday, the Administration Senators won by a margin of six votes. It was generally supposed this vote consti tuted a test of succeeding votes and that the Elkins-Crawford amendment, which its opponents charged was a bold method of repealing the Sherman anti-trust law so far as Its application to railroads is concerned, would be adopted. But there were so many absentees on Saturday that the result with the full membership pres ent could not be foretold. Regulars Have Whip Hand. From a message received from some of the absentees it was evident the regular Republicans would meet with a reversal on the next vote, for under the Senate rules a vote easily could be delayed un til the arrival of the absentees. After the vote Saturday Cummins Immediately of fered another amendment to accomplish the same purpose as that which had Just been voted down. As the pending Cummins amendment is offered as a substitute for the Elkins Crawford provision, no motion can side track this provision; it must be disposed of before any other step can be taken. That is where the Administration Sena tors believe they have the whip hand of their opponents. The Republican leaders discovered there were certain members who pre ferred the Cummins to the Elkina-Craw-CConcludrcd on Pace 6.